'67 Stingray?

[blacksheep]

Just picked this up at the dump. Serial number dates it as a 1967. Is this a Stingray? No factory markings on the chainguard at all.

I'm not into muscle bikes at all and it's in pretty rough shape. I might keep it, strip it, and rebuild it as a mini cruiser for my little one to use in a couple years.

 

[ratina]

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[CCR]

yup,thats a stingray alright, just add banana :mrgreen:

 

[Rat Rod]

What's even cooler is that the bike was modified to be one of the original BMX bikes.

 

[BrigmasterA]

Cool little project. And cool old pic there, ratrod. I love the looks of concentration on all those kids' faces. Intent on ridin' out the perfect wheelie.

 

[Rat Rod]

I mean seriously...it really could have been one of the pre-BMX Sting-Rays that were built in the late 60s early 70s.

 

[CCR]

I mean seriously...it really could have been one of the pre-BMX Sting-Rays that were built in the late 60s early 70s.

may be right ! it does have knobbies front and back, we need to check the bmx history books for this "Steven" fellow :mrgreen:

 

[Rat Rod]

I might be tempted to list that bike on Ebay as an early BMX bike and see what happens.

 

[CCR]

I might be tempted to list that bike on Ebay as an early BMX bike and see what happens.

now we're talkin :wink:

 

[Rat Rod]

I have no idea how you would confirm it, but it sure looks like an early BMX conversion.

 

[maddogrider]

Wernt the old sting rays the predacesor to the scrambler with the astrabulla handle bars and forks?

 

[CCR]

.... and take the wheel reflector off if it goes to ebay

 

[Rat Rod]

Exactly...sort of the metamorphosis.

 

[schwinnmesa]

Cool bike, I love those old school Stingray BMX days.

 

[blacksheep]

Whatever this thing is, it looks like it's gonna belong to someone else soon. Thanks for all the input everyone.

 

[jtdaddy]

Why, do they have to end up in the dump....( frustrated that I don't find them.)

 

[blacksheep]

At the same time as the Stingray I pulled out a Schwinn Varsity and a really neat, almost mint ladies' Peugeot touring bike(with the frame that guys like to cut the seat tube down and make choppers out of). Still had a paper state park trail pass from '87 wrapped around the frame. Probably the last time it was ridden.